Flames surrounded the town’s middle school on three sides on Tuesday as teachers and parents evacuated students, according to social media posts.
The charred remains of a home is burned by the McBride Fire in Ruidoso on April 14, 2022 in New Mexico.The McBride Fire, which has killed two people, is seen along a hillside in the Village of Ruidoso, New Mexico on April 13, 2022.The fire burned within a few hundred feet of Ruidoso’s main street, and half a mile from the county hospital, before firefighters were able to block it on Wednesday.
Around 5,000 residents have fled their homes in the resort town in the Sierra Blanca mountains about 135 miles southeast of Albuquerque, according to local officials. “Firefighters have successfully held the fire from moving further into the town of Ruidoso at this time,” Laura Rabon, a spokeswoman for the Lincoln National Forest, told reporters.Melissa Gibbs via REUTERS
A helicopter fills up its reservoir with water from a pond at Alto Lakes while fighting the McBride Fire in Ruidoso, New Mexico on April 14, 2022.Flames moved to the northeast on Thursday over largely unpopulated mountains and canyons. Wind gusts were expected to drop to 20 mph, aiding air attacks. Another blaze 10 miles to the northwest known as the Nogal Fire burned six houses.
Like other southwestern states hit by climate change, New Mexico is suffering an early start to its fire season as blazes race through grassland, while tree-ring research in New Mexico’s Jemez Mountains shows forests have endured their worst drought in 500 years.
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